Meaning of coffee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
   uncountable
2. A surname.
3. Rare spelling of coffee.
   alt-of, countable, rare, uncountable
4. brown
5. A serving of this beverage.
   countable
6. Ellipsis of Coffee County.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
7. (a drink made from) the ground beans of a shrub grown in eg Brazil. koffie حَبُّ القَهْوَه، بُن кафе café káva der Kaffee kaffe καφέςcafé kohv قهوه kahvi caféקפה कौफी kava kávé kopi kaffi caffè コーヒー 커피색 kava kafija kopi koffiekaffekawa قهوه، كافى café cafea кофе káva kava kafa kaffe กาแฟ kahve 咖啡 кава کافی ، ایک مشروب cà phê 咖啡
   eg
8. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.
   countable, uncountable
9. cafe, coffee shop
10. the colour of the drink when mixed with milk. koffiekleurig بِلَوْن القَهْوَه с цвят на мляко и кафе café com leite kávový kaffeebraun kaffe- καφετήςcafé con leche kohvipruun قهوه ای روشن kahvinvärinen café au lait צֶבָע קָפֶה दूध वाली कॉफी का रंग svijetlosmeđ kávé warna kopi susu kaffilitur caffelatte コーヒー色の 커피색의 kavinis kafijas krāsas- air kopi lichtbruin kaffebrunkawowy د قهوى رنګ café com leite cafeniu кофейный kávový kavnat kafeni kaffefärgad สีน้ำตาลเข้ม kahverengi 咖啡色 кофейний کافی کا ...
11. The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
    countable, uncountable
12. a container from which to serve coffee. koffiepot إِبْريق قَهْوَه каничка за кафе bule de café konvice na kávu die Kaffeekanne kaffekande καφετιέραcafetera kohvikann قهوه جوش kahvipannu cafetière קוּמקוּם קָפֶה कॉफी पात्र lonac za kavu kávéskanna teko kaffikanna caffettiera コーヒー沸し 커피 포트 kavinukas kafijkanna teko kopi koffiepotkaffekannedzbanek جوشه کافی bule de café cafetieră кофейник kanvica na kávu kavna ročka šoljica za kafu kaffepanna, -kanna หม้อกาแฟ kahve demliği, cezve 咖啡壺 кавник کافی ...
13. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
    countable, uncountable
14. a café serving coffee etc. koffiewinkel مَقْهى закусвалня café kavárna die Kaffeestube café καφενείο, καφετερία café kohvipood رستورانی که در آن قهوه و انواع دسر سرو می شود kahvila café בֵּית קָפֶה काफी की दुकान kavana, kafić kávézó kedai kopi kaffihús piccolo ristorante コーヒー店 커피숍 kavinė kafejnīca kedai kopi koffiehuiskafékawiarnia کافیتریا café cafenea кафе kaviareň kavarna kafić kafé ร้านกาแฟ kahvehane, kafe 咖啡館 кав'ярня, кафе کافی کی دوکان quán cà phê 咖啡店
    etc
15. A pale brown color, like that of milk coffee.
    countable, uncountable
16. café.
17. The end of a meal, when coffee is served.
    countable, uncountable
18. Any of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genus Coffea, especially C. arabica or C. canephora, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating aromatic drink.
    Coffea,
19. A moderate brown to dark brown or dark grayish brown.
20. An informal social gathering at which coffee and other refreshments are served.
21. (Cookery) a. a drink consisting of an infusion of the roasted and ground or crushed seeds of the coffee tree
22. (Cookery) Also called: coffee beans the beanlike seeds of the coffee tree, used to make this beverage

Equivalents

Examples

“He and his friends used to order coffee whenever they went out.”

“The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter[…], which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer[…].”

“VVhat a devil makes thee in ſo muſty a humour? Thou art as dull and dumpiſh as a fellovv that had been drunk over night vvith Ale, and had done nothing but drunk Coffee, talked Politicks, and read Gazettes all this morning.”

“The great use of coffee in France is supposed to have abated the prevalency of the gravel, for where coffee is used as a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely known.”

“"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." / "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" / "This morning, before father went downtown." / Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.”

“[…]a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain[…]shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”:[…]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.”

“As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.”

“He did not stay for coffee.”

“6 more Horses richly furnish’d were led after him, and 2 of his Principal Courtiers bore, one his Gold and the other his Silver Coffée Pot, on a staff.[…]After this they serv’d me coffée upon their knees in the finest Japan china with soûcoupes of Silver Gilt.[…]The whole shew lasted near 8 hours, to my great sorrow, who was heartily tir’d, thô I was in the House of the Widow of the Capitan Bassa (Admiral), who refresh’d me with Coffée, Sweetmeats, Sherbet, etc., with all possible Civillity.”

“Sold by T. Ewart facing Old Slaughters, Coffée house Sᵗ. Martins Lane near Long Acre.”

“To make coffée au lait, take a pint each of hot made coffee and boiling milk; strain through thin muslin into coffee-pot, to get rid of the grounds, and serve hot.”

“These rules prescribed such sensible observances as 9 o’clock bedtime, the opening of windows top and bottom for the night, a 7 o’clock hour for rising, brief morning exercises, elimination of tea and coffée, smoking and other harmful habits, plenty of exercise in the open air and great care as to bodily cleanliness.”

“[Stops, sways and tries to focus his mind on the Italian.] Coffée . . . ?”

“Maurice de Walese, journalist: “I believe that the marriage between races, slightly different, helps to neutralize defects and purify the blood… But only within the limits of the white race… In café au lait we have a softening of the coffée, but not of the milk.””

“When she was entertained by the kahya's (steward, deputy) wife Fatima in Adrianople in 1717, she was served "coffée . . . in the finest Japan china with soûcoupes of Silver Gilt."[…]When she dined with the Sultana Hafize "the Sherbert (which is the Liquor they drink at meals) was serv'd in China Bowls, but the covers and salvers, massy Gold. After Dinner water brought in a Gold bason and towels of the same kind of the napkins, which I very unwillingly wip'd my hands upon, and Coffée was served in China with Gold soûcoupes."”

“(g) Within the syntactic group there is often H-deletion (Holder's stress-effacement). Frequently a noun or noun phrase functioning as subject will show deletion: his father died. Even the verb may show this, leaving only the object noun with H: and we boil coffée. This phenomenon is not very clear as yet.”

“In Sweden, O.J would have been sentenced to jail after a day or two in court, at most, and McDonalds^([sic]) wouldn't have to pay much, if anything, if someone spilled hot coffée in his lap.”

“here, i think you should exclude the "talk sporadically about the day's activities" and if, by writing about the coffée and the birthday, you're trying to show how different their world is you should give more examples.”

“Her mum had told her that she was probably spending too much time with me, though not that we could figure out, coffée after work every couple of weeks, maybe phone each once a week, possibly do something together for a couple of hours every weekend (i.e. shopping, watch a movie, or just chat.)”

“While double-fisting iced coffées and pink mimosas is no sweat, we always struggle with deciding between sweet and savory food options.”

CEFR level